DT 9 / 2005

The Rome-based International Land Coalition refuses to endorse Norway’s proposed commission on the rights of the poor. ILC calls the appointment of Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto as co-chair a “conflict of interest".

The Supreme Court in Mozambique is to decide on charges against former Minister of Education Alcido Nguenha concerning the misuse of Swedish aid. An investigation concludes that two of Nguenha’s children studying in South Africa received scholarships financed by Swedish aid.